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Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Current rules for exporting horses and other equines (including ponies and donkeys) from the UK.
Sheep and goat owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move sheep or goats.
This document provides advice on owning a dog.
How to assess planning proposals that may affect great crested newts if the developer applies to use the Natural England district level licensing (DLL) scheme.
Use this service to find out the rules, and the pest or disease risks for importing plants, plant products or seeds to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) for commercial use.
Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
List of organisations that issue horse passports in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Apply for an import certificate to import a medicinal product into the UK for veterinary use.
Find out how to buy statutory biodiversity credits.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
What you must do to bring your pet to the UK from Ukraine if you are seeking refuge.
Guidance for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.
How to trade or move CITES-listed specimens through designated UK ports and airports.
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
How livestock keepers in a bluetongue zone can get free bluetongue testing for their animals.
Ecologists can use European protected species (EPS) policies on development sites to benefit EPS by changing survey, mitigation or compensation methods.
Access APHA reports, videos, publications and data on livestock, wildlife and small animals in England and Wales.
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